Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Feeding Monarch/Queen Caterpillars, 1 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
I rescued 5 Queen's cats from the outside environment. I moved the entire mexican milkweed inside with these 5 hungry mouths to feed. This morning, the plant was eaten down to bare branches. So I went out side and took some cutting of presummably same type of milkweek that resprouted from the garden last year. This afternoon, most of my caterpillars appear larthargic, the youngest instar looks dehydrated and felt off the plant to the bottom of the pot. I use no chemical in the garden. What's going on?

At the mean time, I transplanted another mexican milkweed and moved all 5 into this plant rather than left them on the cutting -- in which they didn't seem to do very well just half a day.

I can't afford to risk these 'lil ones outdoor since I've many birds nesting in the area: